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[[Image:FraggleRockseason3DVD.jpg|right|310px]]
 
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{{DVD|producer=[[HIT Entertainment]]<br>[[Jim Henson Home Entertainment]]|discs=5|date=[[2007]]|region=1}}
 
{{DVD|producer=[[HIT Entertainment]]<br>[[Jim Henson Home Entertainment]]|discs=5|date=[[2007]]|region=1}}
[[Image:Fragglepouch.jpg|thumb|300px|Pouch containing Frith sketches.]]
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[[Image:Fragglepouch.jpg|thumb|300px|Portfolio containing Frith's sketches, as a physical bonus]]
   
 
'''Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season''' is a 5-disc DVD release of the third season of ''[[Fraggle Rock]]''. The set includes 24 episodes, which originally aired in 1985 and 1986.
 
'''Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season''' is a 5-disc DVD release of the third season of ''[[Fraggle Rock]]''. The set includes 24 episodes, which originally aired in 1985 and 1986.
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* Includes reprintings of fifty [[Michael K. Frith Sketches|Michael K. Frith sketches]].
 
* Includes reprintings of fifty [[Michael K. Frith Sketches|Michael K. Frith sketches]].
   
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==Menus and Packaging==
==Notes==
 
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<gallery type="slideshow" crop="true">
*Each disc includes a hidden "Easter Egg" that unlocks an international [[Traveling Matt]] postcard segment. These can be found by selecting the Fraggle character pictured on each disc's main menu (for discs 1 through 4). Disc 5 contains a "Easter Egg" on each menu: on the main menu by selecting the compass, and on the submenus by selecting the Fraggle character. One of the "Easter Eggs" on disc 5 shows Michael K. Frith talking about [[Wander McMooch]].
 
*This is the only season DVD set to show the end of one of the two alternate opening sequences. Here, the one with Wembley is shown at the end of an HBO promo for "[[Episode 108: The Terrible Tunnel|The Terrible Tunnel]]".
 
*This is the final DVD set to have the characters shown during the menus.
 
*Unlike the previous season DVD sets, the characters' faces on the discs [aside from Disc 1] don't match with those that are on the menus.
 
 
==Gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
FraggleRockS3DVDBack.png|Back cover
 
 
FraggleRockS3D1Menu.jpg|Disc 1 Menu
 
FraggleRockS3D1Menu.jpg|Disc 1 Menu
 
FraggleRockS3D2Menu.jpg|Disc 2 Menu
 
FraggleRockS3D2Menu.jpg|Disc 2 Menu
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FraggleRockS3D5TOFS.jpg|Menu for "The Tunnel of Faz-Inating Secrets"
 
FraggleRockS3D5TOFS.jpg|Menu for "The Tunnel of Faz-Inating Secrets"
 
FraggleRockS3D5UCMenu.jpg|Menu for "Under Construction"
 
FraggleRockS3D5UCMenu.jpg|Menu for "Under Construction"
Fraggle Rock - 30th - Season 3.jpg|2013 re-release
 
 
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The original box set from HIT Entertinament featured an embossed cover with texturing on the rock face and Fraggle Rock logo. The five discs are enclosed in a large mupitpage digipak that opens like a book to hold a disc on each page.
   
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The original box set also included a portfolio with re-printings of [[Michael K. Frith]]'s original [[Michael K. Frith Drawings|artwork]].
==Awards==
 
*''Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season'' won an award for ''Best 1980s Series'' at ''[[The TV-DVD Awards]]''
 
==Production Seasons==
 
The selection of episodes included in this set doesn't quite match up to the third season as originally broadcast on [[HBO]]. ''Fraggle Rock'' was produced in four seasons of 24 episodes each, but HBO split up the episodes to stretch the show into five broadcast seasons.
 
   
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The third season was re-released in 2013 by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment with new cover and packaging design in a more traditional DVD poly-box.
Season 3 was produced as 24 episodes, but broadcast as 22 episodes. The final two episodes of the season -- "[[Episode 402: Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water|Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water]]" and "[[Episode 403: Sidebottom Blues|Sidebottom Blues]]" -- were held over, and broadcast as the second and third episodes of season 4.
 
   
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The original discs menus feature a still photo of various characters; while disc 5, containing the bonus features, is organized into sections on a map of [[Fraggle Rock (location)|Fraggle Rock]] (with the bonus features located such areas and sub-menus as "The Cave of Fraggle Tales," "The Cavern of Talkative Silly Creatures," "The Tunnel of Faz-Inating Secrets" and "Under Construction"). The menus play an instrumental version of the Fraggle Rock Theme.
Season 4 was also produced as 24 episodes, but broadcast as 13 episodes -- including the two leftover episodes from the previous season. The final 13 episodes were broadcast in the following year as season 5.
 
   
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==Broadcast vs. production seasons==
HIT Entertainment's intention was to produce four DVD sets, following the original production seasons. <ref>James, Greg. [http://muppetnewsflash.blogspot.com/2007/06/fraggle-season-set-episode-confusion.html Fraggle Season Set Episode Confusion]. [[The Muppet Newsflash]]. June 11, 2007.</ref> However, that intention has not played out perfectly, as this ''Complete Third Season'' set includes "[[Episode 401: Sprocket's Big Adventure|Sprocket's Big Adventure]]", which was produced as part of the fourth season, instead of "Sidebottom Blues", which will appear in the fourth season set.
 
 
The selection of episodes included on this set doesn't match the third season as it was originally broadcast on [[HBO]]. ''Fraggle Rock'' was produced in four seasons of 24 episodes each, however HBO split up the episodes to stretch the show into five broadcast seasons. As such, the third season, which was produced as 24 episodes, was originally broadcast as only 22 episodes. The final two episodes of the season—"[[Episode 402: Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water|Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water]]" and "[[Episode 403: Sidebottom Blues|Sidebottom Blues]]"—were originally held over and broadcast as the second and third episodes of the show's fourth season.
   
 
The fourth (and final) production season also included as 24 episodes, but the fourth broadcast season included 13 episodes (including the two leftover episodes from the previous season) while the final 13 episodes were broadcast in the following year as the show's fifth season.
==References==
 
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<references/>
 
 
The season box set releases of ''Fraggle Rock'' are intended to follow the original production seasons, not the HBO broadcast seasons. However, this intention was not carried out perfectly, as the third season set includes "[[Episode 401: Sprocket's Big Adventure|Sprocket's Big Adventure]]", which was produced as part of the fourth season, instead of "Sidebottom Blues", which appears in the fourth season set.
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==Releases==
 
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FraggleRockseason3DVD.jpg|{{GNH|2007 DVD|HIT Entertainment}}
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FraggleRockThirdSeason2010DVDCover.jpg|{{GNH|2009 DVD|Lionsgate}}
 
Fraggle Rock - 30th - Season 3.jpg|{{GNH|2013 DVD|Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment}}
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Fraggle Rock - itunes - Season 3.jpg|{{GNH|2013 digital releases|[[Amazon.com|Amazon]], [[Hulu]], [[The iTunes Store|iTunes]], [[YouTube]]}}
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==Notes==
 
*''Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season'' won an award for ''Best 1980s Series'' at the TV-DVD Awards.
 
*Each disc includes a hidden "Easter Egg" that unlocks an international [[Traveling Matt]] postcard segment. These can be found by selecting the Fraggle character pictured on each disc's main menu (for discs 1 through 4). Disc 5 contains a "Easter Egg" on each menu: on the main menu by selecting the compass, and on the submenus by selecting the Fraggle character. One of the "Easter Eggs" on disc 5 shows Michael K. Frith talking about [[Wander McMooch]].
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* On the original DVD cover from HIT Entertainment, Boober is shown with turquoise skin. When [[Lionsgate]] re-released this DVD set, Boober's skin was altered to green.
   
 
==External links==
 
==External links==

Revision as of 03:50, 1 January 2014

FraggleRockseason3DVD
Produced by: HIT Entertainment
Jim Henson Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2007
Discs: 5
Region: 1
Fragglepouch

Portfolio containing Frith's sketches, as a physical bonus

Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season is a 5-disc DVD release of the third season of Fraggle Rock. The set includes 24 episodes, which originally aired in 1985 and 1986.

Disc Features

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Disc 4

Disc 5

Other Features

Menus and Packaging

The original box set from HIT Entertinament featured an embossed cover with texturing on the rock face and Fraggle Rock logo. The five discs are enclosed in a large mupitpage digipak that opens like a book to hold a disc on each page.

The original box set also included a portfolio with re-printings of Michael K. Frith's original artwork.

The third season was re-released in 2013 by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment with new cover and packaging design in a more traditional DVD poly-box.

The original discs menus feature a still photo of various characters; while disc 5, containing the bonus features, is organized into sections on a map of Fraggle Rock (with the bonus features located such areas and sub-menus as "The Cave of Fraggle Tales," "The Cavern of Talkative Silly Creatures," "The Tunnel of Faz-Inating Secrets" and "Under Construction"). The menus play an instrumental version of the Fraggle Rock Theme.

Broadcast vs. production seasons

The selection of episodes included on this set doesn't match the third season as it was originally broadcast on HBO. Fraggle Rock was produced in four seasons of 24 episodes each, however HBO split up the episodes to stretch the show into five broadcast seasons. As such, the third season, which was produced as 24 episodes, was originally broadcast as only 22 episodes. The final two episodes of the season—"Wembley's Wonderful Whoopie Water" and "Sidebottom Blues"—were originally held over and broadcast as the second and third episodes of the show's fourth season.

The fourth (and final) production season also included as 24 episodes, but the fourth broadcast season included 13 episodes (including the two leftover episodes from the previous season) while the final 13 episodes were broadcast in the following year as the show's fifth season.

The season box set releases of Fraggle Rock are intended to follow the original production seasons, not the HBO broadcast seasons. However, this intention was not carried out perfectly, as the third season set includes "Sprocket's Big Adventure", which was produced as part of the fourth season, instead of "Sidebottom Blues", which appears in the fourth season set.

Releases

Notes

  • Fraggle Rock: Complete Third Season won an award for Best 1980s Series at the TV-DVD Awards.
  • Each disc includes a hidden "Easter Egg" that unlocks an international Traveling Matt postcard segment. These can be found by selecting the Fraggle character pictured on each disc's main menu (for discs 1 through 4). Disc 5 contains a "Easter Egg" on each menu: on the main menu by selecting the compass, and on the submenus by selecting the Fraggle character. One of the "Easter Eggs" on disc 5 shows Michael K. Frith talking about Wander McMooch.
  • On the original DVD cover from HIT Entertainment, Boober is shown with turquoise skin. When Lionsgate re-released this DVD set, Boober's skin was altered to green.

External links

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